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Articles tagged with: Mobile Internet and Weather
Hike in telecom capex expected in 2H09, though overall capex still down in 2009
Market research firm Infonetics Research has reported that global service provider capex (capital expenditures) hit a plateau at $298 billion in 2008, marking the end of a five-year investment cycle. This represented a 12.9% increase in capex spending from the previous year, with much of the growth due to currency appreciation against the US dollar, which peaked in July 2008. more
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Half of U.S. Mobile Phone Users Access Mobile Content on a Weekly Basis
According to a new study released by research and consultation firm Frank N. Magid Associates, 51 percent of mobile phone users access internet based content using their mobile phone on a weekly basis. What's more, mobile content users spend about the same amount of time with content (39 minutes), as the average user does texting (38 minutes) or talking on their mobile phone (44 minutes). more
Related Tags: text-messaging, smart, mobile-content, USA
Financial Sites Popular Among Older European Mobile Web Users
comScore has reported that financial services sites, such as those offering banking and stock trading services, are the most popular among European mobile subscribers older than 55, while teenagers are more likely to visit social networking, entertainment and even comic sites on their mobile devices. more
Related Tags: comscore, ericsson, ovi, apple, rsa, motorola, eu, samsung, social-networking, lg, blackberry, teenagers, oem
Mobile Advertising Needs to Be Unobtrusive and Measurable to Really Take-off
The shift in the choice of new media makes the mobile an appealing advertising platform and arguably, the most direct channel to reach consumers. For mobile advertising to take-off however, it needs to overcome the annoyance factor and the perception of unsolicited content, where SMS-marketing has previously failed. more
Related Tags: sms, mobile-data, social-networking, rsa, rcom, personal, mobile-advertising, 3, coupons, wap
Mobile Internet Extends the Reach of Leading Websites by 13%
Web monitoring firm, Nielsen has reported that mobile Internet extends the audience reach of many leading Internet sites by an average of 13 percent over home PC traffic alone. For some categories, such as weather and entertainment, the extended reach can be even greater. more
Related Tags: social-networking, nielsen
Yahoo to be T-Mobile's Exclusive European Mobile Search Partner
Internet search engine, Yahoo has entered into a new strategic partnership with T-Mobile to bring Yahoo's mobile services to millions of consumers in T-Mobile's European footprint. This agreement sets the stage for Yahoo oneSearch to become the exclusive mobile search service for T-Mobile customers beginning at the end of March, 2008. more
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